Hulu loves to promote its new shows and movies in October as "Huluween," but perhaps a better description, given the streamer's biggest title of the month, would be "Hahaween." (Sorry.) FX's What We Do in the Shadows returns for its final season just over a week before the end of October, adding a little blood-sucking Halloween humor to the otherwise spooky month as vampires Laszlo, Nadja, Nandor, and Colin Robinson prepare to stay in their coffins for good.
But if it's bona fide frights you're looking for, then check outHold Your Breath, which stars Sarah Paulson as a Dust Bowl-era woman trying to protect her family from a dusty boogeyman;the twisted scary movie Mr. Crocket, in which a kids TV host kidnaps children; or Carved, which follows a group of youngsters who fight off a vengeful pumpkin. OK, maybe that last one is more funny than frightening. Other great Halloween movie options include the bizarre Barbarian, From Hell, and Annabelle Comes Home.
Maybe Halloween isn't your thing? No judgment. (Well, maybe a little.) Keep an eye out for Rivals, a sexy adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's salacious novel about British television in the 1980s in which the behind-the-scenes libidos were more interesting than what was on the screens.
Check out everything coming to and leaving Hulu in October below, plus our picks for the best of the month.
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The best new shows and movies on Hulu in October
Hold Your Breath (Oct. 3)
Living in the Dust Bowl in 1930s Oklahoma was bad, but imagine if all that dust came with some strange spectral figure that was trying to kill your family. Infinitely worse! That's what happens in Hold Your Breath, a psychological horror film starring modern-day scream queen Sarah Paulson as a mother who believes something known as "The Drifter" is floating around and causing people to behave murderously. "If you breathe him in, he'll make you do terrible things," is muttered several times in the spooky trailer, and it never loses its potency.[Trailer]
Rivals(Oct. 18)
It'll be the horniest show of the season!Rivals, based on the steamy novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, charts the rise of independent television in 1980s England, and all the romance, power-grabbing, and sex that followed. Think Bridgerton, but more than a century later. It's just the type of soapy TV that will keep you warm this fall.Alex Hassell,David Tennant,Aidan Turner,Nafessa Williams, andKatherine Parkinsonstar.[Trailer][Review]
What We Do in the ShadowsSeason 6 (Oct. 22)
Season 5 ofWhat We Do in the Shadowsended with a big change — Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) finally becoming a vampire — which was almost immediately undone when he reverted back to his human form after discovering he was not in fact cut out to be a vampire. In the comedy's sixth and final season, the experience puts Guillermo at a personal crossroads as he reconsiders everything about his life. Meanwhile, his vampire roommates are forced to examine their own eternal lives when an old friend reappears after a 50-year nap. The beginning of the end of TV's best horror comedy is the ideal way to wind down spooky season. -Allison Picurro
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Everything new on Hulu in October
Oct. 1:
The Amazing Race Complete Seasons 31, 33, and 34
America's Next Top Model Complete Seasons 11-15
CSI: Miami Complete Seasons 6-10
Survivor Complete Seasons 14-19
Undercover Boss Complete Season 8
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
All My Puny Sorrows (2021)
An American Citizen (1992)
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Barbarian (2022)
Beyond JFK: The Question Of Conspiracy (1991)
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) (2014)
Blood In (1993)
Bogus (1996)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Chasing Papi (2003)
Coco (En Espanol) (2017)
The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
Dashcam (2021)
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
Don't Say A Word (2001)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
El Crimen Del Cacaro Gumaro (2014)
The Empty Man (2020)
Evita (1996)
The Fly (1986)
From Hell (2001)
The Happening (2008)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022)
It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)
Joy Ride (2001)
Just Wright (2010)
La Cara Oculta (2011)
La Misma Luna (Aka: Under The Same Moon) (2008)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Long Shot (2019)
Ma (2019)
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
Miss Bala (2012)
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
The New Age (1994)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Purge (2013)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Q&A (1990)
Ready or Not (2019)
The Return of Tanya Tucker (2022)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Sideways (2004)
Signs (2002)
Silkwood (1983)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Stripper (1986)
Sunchaser (1996)
Swimfan (2002)
That Night (1993)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
The Warrior's Way (2010)
Todo Cambia (2000)
Turtle Beach (1992)
Unbreakable (2000)
Underwater (2020)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Oct. 2:
Last Days of the Space Age Complete Season 1
#TextMeWhenYouGetHome Complete Season 1
101 Fast Foods That Changed The World Complete Season 1
After the First 48 Complete Season 9
Ax Men Complete Seasons 2 and 3
Campus Nightmares Complete Season 1
Designing Blind Complete Season 1
Double Divas Complete Seasons 1 and 2
The Eleven Complete Season 1
Evil Up Close Complete Season 1
Flippin' Sisters! Complete Season 1
The Haunting Of. . . Complete Seasons 4 and 5
The Haunting Of…Specials Complete Season 1
House vs. House Complete Season 1
Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force Complete Season 1
Lost U-Boats of WWI Complete Season 1
My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera Complete Seasons 1 and 2
My Ghost Story: Hauntings Revealed Complete Season 1
My Life As A Gangster Girl Complete Season 1
Pawnography Complete Season 1
Scraps: Parts Uneaten Complete Season 1
Secrets of Polygamy Complete Season 1
Stalked by a Ghost Complete Season 1
Supernatural Sisters Complete Season 1
The Real Wolfman Complete Season 1
The UnXplained Complete Season 6
Tiny House Nation: Family Edition Complete Season 1
Tiny House Nation: Unpacked Complete Season 1
UFO Files Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Undercover: Caught on Tape Complete Season 1
Abracadaver (2024)
Oct. 3:
Hold Your Breath Film Premiere
Witches: Truth Behind the Trials Series Premiere
Dan Da Dan Series Premiere (SUBBED & DUBBED)
Killer Cases Complete Season 5
Oct. 4:
Blood for Dust (2023)
Oct. 5:
American Justice Complete Seasons 15 and 16
American Murder House Complete Season 1
American Restoration Complete Seasons 2 and 3
The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters Complete Season 2
Billy the Exterminator Complete Seasons 2 and 3
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Season 3 Premiere (SUBBED)
Cajun Pawn Stars Complete Season 1
Casey Anthony's Parents Speak Complete Season 1
Demon Lord, Retry! R Season Premiere (SUBBED)
Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult Complete Season 1
First Blood Complete Season 1
Get Swank'd Complete Season 1
Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America Complete Season 1
Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Swamp Mysteries Complete Season 2
Wahlburgers Complete Seasons 8 and 9
Oct. 7:
Solar Opposites: Halloween Special
Oct. 8:
What Would You Do? Season 17 Premiere
Black Out Complete Season 1B (DUBBED)
Coroner Complete Series
Oct. 9:
La Máquina Complete Limited Series
Scamanda Series Premiere
Accused Season 2 Premiere
Oct. 10:
Abbott Elementary Season 4 Premiere
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American Hoggers Complete Seasons 1 and 2
American Pickers Complete Seasons 22 and 23
Ancient MonsterQuest Complete Season 1
Appalachian Outlaws Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Deadly Secrets: The Lost Children of Dozier Complete Season 1
The Family That Slays Together Complete Season 1
Flipping Vegas Complete Season 2
Griselda: The Godmother Complete Season 1
Growing Up Gotti Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Haunted Encounters: Face to Face Complete Season 1
I Love You…But I Lied Complete Season 3
I Love You…But I Lied: After Dark Complete Season 1
I Solved a Murder Complete Season 1
I Survived . . . Complete Seasons 6-9
I'll Haunt You When I'm Dead Complete Season 1
Long Island Serial Killer Complete Season 1
Mobsters Complete Seasons 3-5
MonsterQuest: Chasing Bigfoot Complete Season 1
MonsterQuest: Serpentine Creatures Complete Season 1
Ms. Murder Complete Season 1
Murder at the Country Club Complete Season 1
Swamp People Complete Season 15
Triple Digit Flip Complete Seasons 1 and 2
The Grab (2022)
Oct. 11:
Mr. Crocket Film Premiere
Dragon Ball DAIMA Series Premiere (SUBBED)
Aliens In The Attic (2009)
Fright Night (2011)
Sting (2024)
Oct. 12:
Celebrity Close Calls Complete Season 1
Celebrity Ghost Stories (Classics) Complete Seasons 3 and 4
Celebrity House Hunting Complete Season 1
The First 48 Complete Seasons 4, 18-19, 21, and 24
Interrogation Raw Complete Season 2
My Haunted House Complete Season 3
My Haunted Vacation Complete Season 1
Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal Complete Seasons 1-3
Taking the Stand Complete Seasons 2 and 3
The Definitive Guide to the Mob Complete Season 1
Oct. 13:
Tracker Complete Season 1
Oct. 14:
Pancho Villa: El Centauro del Norte Complete Season 1
Family Guy: Halloween Special
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Premiere (SUBBED)
Oct. 15:
FX's American Horror Stories Huluween Event
The Three Musketeers – Part I: D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady
Oct. 16:
Nemesis Complete Season 1
Oct. 17:
Dark Side of the Ring Complete Season 5
Reginald the Vampire Complete Season 2
Butterfly Tale (2023)
Oct. 18:
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara Documentary Premiere
Rivals Complete Season 1
The Devil's Climb
Mayhem! (2023)
Oct. 19:
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Late Night with the Devil (2023)
Oct. 21:
Carved Film Premiere
Beyblade X Complete Season 1A
Oct. 22:
What We Do in the Shadows Season 6 Premiere
Oct. 24:
Parking Wars Complete Seasons 1 and 2
The Speedway Murders (2023)
Oct. 25:
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Film Premiere
The Beast Within (2024)
Oct. 29:
Bachelor Pad Complete Season 1
Oct. 31:
60 Seconds to Sell Complete Season 1
The Best And Worst U.S. Presidents Complete Season 1
Born in the Wild Complete Season 1
Duck Dynasty Complete Seasons 6 and 7
Living in Secret Complete Season 1
Miracles Decoded Complete Season 1
MysteryQuest (2022) Complete Season 1
Pawn Stars Complete Season 19
Transition of Power: Presidential Legacy Complete Season 1
Washington The Warrior Complete Season 1
Everything leaving Hulu in October
Oct. 4:
The Boogeyman (2023)
Oct. 5:
Cats (2018)
Oct. 6:
See For Me (2021)
Oct. 7:
Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Swift (2019)
Oct. 8:
Monster Family (2017)
Ozzy (2016)
Oct. 10:
Pil's Adventures (2021)
Oct. 14:
The Boy Downstairs (2017)
Funny Thing About Love (2021)
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Oct. 15:
Capricorn One (1977)
Oct. 16:
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Oct. 17:
Songbird (2020)
Oct. 19:
Alone at Night (2022)
Oct. 26:
Along Came the Devil (2018)
Blood (2022)
Oct. 28:
Clean (2021)
Oct. 31:
Christmas on the Farm (2021)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
The Final Conflict (1981)
The Omen (1976)
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
Sea Fever (2019)
